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it is not a free lunch, but doesn't slam the economy with a lot of job loss. there may be a little bit of job loss, but not too much. business absorbs the cost, they pass them on to the customers or stockholders in the form of lower profits. so it takes the income in the middle and redistributes it towards the bottom. who knows whether it has a serious chance of passing? but that is a serious chance of passing the inequality. >> and it is kind of a dirty word in american politics. but as i understand the white house's theory at this point in time i think they see the economy has having changed in certain ways, such as a lot of gains are going to keep up with it at the top. and a lot of gains are going to corporate profits. one role for the government to play, that sharing has to come from government policy. they see that as what you need to keep a strong consensus for sort of a pro-growth capitalism. i want to see if you agree with it. >> one of the things i remember talking about in 2008, when very few people knew who austin goolsby, he would say this is a re
it is not a free lunch, but doesn't slam the economy with a lot of job loss. there may be a little bit of job loss, but not too much. business absorbs the cost, they pass them on to the customers or stockholders in the form of lower profits. so it takes the income in the middle and redistributes it towards the bottom. who knows whether it has a serious chance of passing? but that is a serious chance of passing the inequality. >> and it is kind of a dirty word in american politics. but as...
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it will have a very negative effect on the economy. if you're running a business and you have to fly salespeople or engineers around the country, you're going to discover with 4,000 fewer air traffic controllers, that plane may not get there. all across the economy, this is going to be a terrible problem because this is government spending, ed, that allows the private sector to prosper and to grow. it's commonwealth spending for common good. >> is there any way to suggest that the stimulus did not help pull us out of a recession? had we not done it, where would we be? >> had we not done it we would be in a terrible disaster. we lost trillions of dollars of wealth, and yet we didn't have rampant homelessness. why? because the stimulus included money to make sure that people who were going to lose their homes, especially with children, didn't end up on the streets. that is certainly not good. >> if we go down the road with the sequester, and the cuts kick in, i mean, are we going to go right back into a recession? and how fast would it h
it will have a very negative effect on the economy. if you're running a business and you have to fly salespeople or engineers around the country, you're going to discover with 4,000 fewer air traffic controllers, that plane may not get there. all across the economy, this is going to be a terrible problem because this is government spending, ed, that allows the private sector to prosper and to grow. it's commonwealth spending for common good. >> is there any way to suggest that the...
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tough economy, two wars, health care fight, iran, north korea, his mother-in-law moving in with him. i think that will break most men. >> you might as well talk about the 2012 republican candidates. just look at the options republicans are pairing around. it doesn't sound like a field of candidate. it sounds like season 13 of "dancing with the stars." j you know, thal say that inside every american governor is a president struggling to get out. in chris christies's case, it's the only one where you can still hear him screaming. >> donald trump says that he would run for president as republican, which is surprising since i just assumed he was running as a joke. >> you told me when i was a kid that i would be sitting here on the same day as president barack obama, i would have said the president's name is barack obama? >> let's bring in chuck nice. chuck, would you comedians even have a job without politicians? >> oh, absolutely not. the thing is they make it so easy. that's the beauty of it. barack obama doesn't make it easy. this year, it will be a little bit easier because it's his
tough economy, two wars, health care fight, iran, north korea, his mother-in-law moving in with him. i think that will break most men. >> you might as well talk about the 2012 republican candidates. just look at the options republicans are pairing around. it doesn't sound like a field of candidate. it sounds like season 13 of "dancing with the stars." j you know, thal say that inside every american governor is a president struggling to get out. in chris christies's case, it's...
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spending at a time when the economy is already too weak as far as i'm concerned. so this is exactly the opposite of what we ought to be doing. >> ezra there is a new simpson-bowles plan out today, of sorts. you talked to erskine bowles today, what is their approach? >> it is really striking, the simpson-bowles one had more tax increases than president obama ever called for. if you did it now, jared's organize has done great work showing it. if you put it into place now we would raise taxes, not by $650 billion as we did in the fiscal cliff deal. we would raise it by 2 trillion, the new simpson-bowles plan because that is sort of off the table, they cut the tax to $1.3 trillion, so it went way, way to the far right on taxes, to be fair that is where president obama is currently is. but to be fair while they say they split the taxes between president obama and john boehner, they actually increased what boehner was asking for. in the final element of the fiscal deal boehner asked for including savings in interest, 1.2, the new simpson-bowles includes $1.7 in spending
spending at a time when the economy is already too weak as far as i'm concerned. so this is exactly the opposite of what we ought to be doing. >> ezra there is a new simpson-bowles plan out today, of sorts. you talked to erskine bowles today, what is their approach? >> it is really striking, the simpson-bowles one had more tax increases than president obama ever called for. if you did it now, jared's organize has done great work showing it. if you put it into place now we would...
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they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. the unemployment rate might tick up again. >> that was president obama speaking moments ago, putting the pressure on congress to avert the sequester. budget cuts which are set to take effect in just a matter of days, coming up on march the 1st. the first round. senate minority leader mitch mcconnoll saying president obama still prefers campaign events to common sense bipartisan action. the president made those short remarks moments ago and once again using the bully pulpit to call for action surrounding himself by first responders and his remarks on the same day of a political report, "obama, the puppet master." it's great to have all three of you here with me this morning. quoting from this politico article. the balance of power used used to be much more in the favor of the mainstream press. saying nowadays he said the white house gets away with stuff i
they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. the unemployment rate might tick up again. >> that was president obama speaking moments ago, putting the pressure on congress to avert the sequester. budget cuts which are set to take effect in just a matter of days, coming up on march the 1st. the first round. senate minority leader mitch mcconnoll saying president obama still...
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it would strengthen our economy. unfortunately, i think republicans, right now, have been so dug in on this notion of never raising taxes. that it becomes difficult for them to see an obvious answer right in front of them. >> you know, joe, later this afternoon, the president would have 12 of us that lead civil rights organization. and people could not understand this. we're talking about loopholes for private jets. loopholes for yachts they don't want to close. they would rather keep them there, those loopholes, than to make sure we don't lose thooez thin these things that people keep every day. >> as i was listening to him, this is one of the most decent human beings that i think i've ever met in politics. look, the bottom line is they want to impact his legacy in one of the worst ways. here, they are still going afterhim. i think this goes beyond the politics, the sensebleness that we're talking about. i had a guy actuallily tell me on my show today oh, i don't mind giving up a few dollars furlough. i said how muc
it would strengthen our economy. unfortunately, i think republicans, right now, have been so dug in on this notion of never raising taxes. that it becomes difficult for them to see an obvious answer right in front of them. >> you know, joe, later this afternoon, the president would have 12 of us that lead civil rights organization. and people could not understand this. we're talking about loopholes for private jets. loopholes for yachts they don't want to close. they would rather keep...
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they're going to hurt the economy. but what the president didn't mention, that the sequester, that was his idea in the first place. >> not smart, not fair, it was his idea? let's keep adding it up, boys. today john boehner fired off his latest shot in this blame game. he took to the pages of the "wall street journal" to accuse the president of the united states of creating a financial crisis. boehner said the president's sequester is now eminent. but the daily beast website released some information today to knock down boehner's accusations. you see, back in 2011, boehner's office developed a power point presentation for house republicans. it was a two-step approach, but it actually contained three steps. first of all, no tax hikes. of course that's typical. spending cuts extending the debt ceiling increase, and spending caps. but while pushing those spending caps, boehner did what? he highlighted a special trigger mechanism -- sequestration. boehner was selling this idea to his caucus as a good way to make sure that t
they're going to hurt the economy. but what the president didn't mention, that the sequester, that was his idea in the first place. >> not smart, not fair, it was his idea? let's keep adding it up, boys. today john boehner fired off his latest shot in this blame game. he took to the pages of the "wall street journal" to accuse the president of the united states of creating a financial crisis. boehner said the president's sequester is now eminent. but the daily beast website...
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they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> people will lose their jobs. these cuts will effect huge parts of the economy. and cripple essential government services that millions of people rely on. >> emergency responders like the ones who are here today, their ability to help communities respond to and recover from disasters will be degraded. border patrol agents will see their hours reduced. fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks which means more delays at airports across the country. thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off. tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find childcare for their kids. hundreds of thousands of americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings. >> this is serious. t
they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> people will lose their jobs. these cuts will effect huge parts of the economy. and cripple essential government services that millions of people rely on. >> emergency responders like the ones who are here today, their ability to help communities respond to and recover from disasters will be degraded. border patrol agents...
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they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment roles. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> people standing with the president today are among those who will directly impacted by congress if they refuse to act. >> emergency responders, like the ones who are here today, their ability to help communities respond to and recover from disasters will be degraded. border patrol agents will see their hours reduced. fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, which means more delays at airports across the country. >> and it doesn't stop there. we're talking thousands of teachers who are going to be laid off across america. there will be cuts to primary health care for hundreds of thousands of americans. preventative care, like cancer screenings are also going to be hit and taken off the list. i mean cuts to the military are also going
they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment roles. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> people standing with the president today are among those who will directly impacted by congress if they refuse to act. >> emergency responders, like the ones who are here today, their ability to help communities respond to and recover from disasters will be degraded. border patrol agents will see their hours reduced. fbi...
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walmart is freaking out about the economy, should the rest of us? let's bring in "washington post" economic policy correspondent jim. should the rest of us freak out? >> maybe, there's two possible stories, one is that walmart is seeing is very bad for the rest of the economy. and that's the story like this. consumers weren't expecting a big payroll tax hike to hit them in january and started to notice it when the paychecks were lighter than expected in the first half of the month, seconds half of the month. they pulled way back on spending in february. there's going to be some of that effect going on. obviously most economists think the payroll tax hike will chill growth in some way. the question is, will consumers adjust and is it sort of a one time deal? the other story though, walmart tends do do very well in recessions because they are such a retailer that caters to the lower end of the economic spectrum. they've stocked cheap products. it's possible if people are doing better now they are moving to slightly more expensive rivals of walmart lik
walmart is freaking out about the economy, should the rest of us? let's bring in "washington post" economic policy correspondent jim. should the rest of us freak out? >> maybe, there's two possible stories, one is that walmart is seeing is very bad for the rest of the economy. and that's the story like this. consumers weren't expecting a big payroll tax hike to hit them in january and started to notice it when the paychecks were lighter than expected in the first half of the...
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they'll hurt our economy. they'll raise the unemployment rate, and the reason is because congress has not been able to compromise on a deficit reduction package that's more sensible. >> unfortunately but not surprisingly, republicans are unmoved. once again looking at the same polls, they unskew a slightly different message from the american electorate. >> i hope and believe the republicans will allow the sequestration to go into effect so that we can start down a path of trying to get control of spending and reduce the deficit. >> the big boulder standing in way of any kind of resolution is the issue of taxes and the closing of tax loopholes. republicans won't hear of it. even if polls show that 76% believe deficit reduction must be a combination of tax hikes and spending cuts. which may sound familiar because back in december when voters again said they wanted tax hikes as part of a deal avoiding the fiscal cliff, here is what republicans were saying. >> the election wasn't a mandate to raise taxes. >> an ob
they'll hurt our economy. they'll raise the unemployment rate, and the reason is because congress has not been able to compromise on a deficit reduction package that's more sensible. >> unfortunately but not surprisingly, republicans are unmoved. once again looking at the same polls, they unskew a slightly different message from the american electorate. >> i hope and believe the republicans will allow the sequestration to go into effect so that we can start down a path of trying to...
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there is an understanding that the economy could be impacted. thank you. >> "news nation" gut check. will connecticut be the fifth to ban smoking in cars with young kids inside? we will look at both sides including those who say such a law is government overreach. [ male announcer ] how do you measure happiness? by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> we will be back and connecticut could join a handful of other states that banned smoking where a child is present. a state committee is taking up a proposed ban. we get the latest from a reporter. our nbc station, wvit. >> every time chris heads out with her two sons, safety is the number one thing on her mind. >> we're want our kids to be in safe places always. >> that's why chris supports a move to ban smoking in cars. >> even as we drive around and see kids that are at a stoplight next to us and you can see shn is smoking in the car,
there is an understanding that the economy could be impacted. thank you. >> "news nation" gut check. will connecticut be the fifth to ban smoking in cars with young kids inside? we will look at both sides including those who say such a law is government overreach. [ male announcer ] how do you measure happiness? by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's....
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economy and create 1.4 million new jobs by 2030. the dream is now a campaign dedicated to advancing the principles behind the dream act launched by lore even powell jobs, widow of steve jobs. the website the dream is now.org features the stories of several dreamers. one is terrence park. >> just yesterday terrence was accepted into the masters program in biostatistics at yale, but the dream act doesn't pass by the time he graduates, then he will have no choice but to take a job where someone pays him you should the table. >> which means the president of the berkeley math club will be doing some hard manual labor. >> the campaign is partnered with davis gugenheim author of "an inconvenient truth" to produce a documentary that tells the stories of the lives of those affected by the dream act. he joins us from los angeles, california. davis, i'm a huge fan. it is really great to have you on the program. >> hi, aleggs, it's good to be here. >> i think one of the most meaningful things to combatting the intransjens and a lot of the stere
economy and create 1.4 million new jobs by 2030. the dream is now a campaign dedicated to advancing the principles behind the dream act launched by lore even powell jobs, widow of steve jobs. the website the dream is now.org features the stories of several dreamers. one is terrence park. >> just yesterday terrence was accepted into the masters program in biostatistics at yale, but the dream act doesn't pass by the time he graduates, then he will have no choice but to take a job where...
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does it really affect the economy? does it affect jobs? we already know a lot of contractors are not hiring or getting rid of people because they're not going to have as much money coming in from contracts they had with the government. if that stuff starts to hit home in the districts, maybe it bubbles up and it puts pressure on these members, but quite frankly, they felt that pressure for several weeks, several months now because people have been talking about sequestration for some time, and they haven't done anything. i'm not optimistic that they'll undo sec restoration. >> thanks very much. >> take care. >> coming up next, more on simpson-bowles and what retirees in florida will have to say about it. debbie wasserman-schultz, and then the big bang theory. michelle obama reveals to rachel ray the real reason behind her stylish new ' do. >> this is my midlife crisis, the bangs. i couldn't get a sports car. they won't let me bungee jump. instead i cut my bangs. with unitedhealthcare, i get personalized information and rewards for addressi
does it really affect the economy? does it affect jobs? we already know a lot of contractors are not hiring or getting rid of people because they're not going to have as much money coming in from contracts they had with the government. if that stuff starts to hit home in the districts, maybe it bubbles up and it puts pressure on these members, but quite frankly, they felt that pressure for several weeks, several months now because people have been talking about sequestration for some time, and...
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but it is a huge, huge threat to our economy and our livelihoods. a senior defense official said, in the cold war we were focused around the command centers in moscow, it's fair to say we worry as much about the computer servers in shanghai. we have to leave it there. >> happy note. >> yeah, our macs are not safe. among other things. thank you to my panel today, howard, joy, maggie, and jared. that is all for "now." i'll see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern, 9:00 pacific. until then, you can find us at facebook.com/nowwithalex. "andrea mitchell reports" is next. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. at liberty mutual insurance, we understand. that's why our auto policies come with accident forgiveness if you qualify, where your rates won't go up due to your first accident, and new car replacement, where, if you total your new car, we give you the money for a new one. call... to talk to an insurance expert about everything else that comes standard with our base auto policy. and if
but it is a huge, huge threat to our economy and our livelihoods. a senior defense official said, in the cold war we were focused around the command centers in moscow, it's fair to say we worry as much about the computer servers in shanghai. we have to leave it there. >> happy note. >> yeah, our macs are not safe. among other things. thank you to my panel today, howard, joy, maggie, and jared. that is all for "now." i'll see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern, 9:00...
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i mean, you talk about the economy and jobs. there is, obviously, debate how many jobs have been created in the economy. look. you pointed out to apple tim cook in the audience in the state of the union and sitting on over $171 million in cash at apple. why? because uncertainty in the marketplace. tom friedman writing this morning something that caught my eye. he said you can feel the economy wants to launch but washington is sitting on the national mute button. we the people feel like the children of permanently divorcing parents. >> how does this sequester business end? the president said during the campaign the sequester, the word for automatic spending cuts, he said it would not happen. is it going to happen? >> i always read tom friedman has the good minnesota sensibility. the column today i think is continuation of that. frankly i believe a continuation of exactly the plan the president laid out in detail in the state of the union on tuesday night. we have already made 2.5 trillion dollars in deficit reduction efforts. we
i mean, you talk about the economy and jobs. there is, obviously, debate how many jobs have been created in the economy. look. you pointed out to apple tim cook in the audience in the state of the union and sitting on over $171 million in cash at apple. why? because uncertainty in the marketplace. tom friedman writing this morning something that caught my eye. he said you can feel the economy wants to launch but washington is sitting on the national mute button. we the people feel like the...
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we haven't -- the economy is on the right path but it is not growing fast enough. and the last thing we need to do right now, is to sort of suck some oxygen out of it. yeah, we can talk about long-term deficit reduction. but let's not do it in a way that going to keep us from growing and therefore, as melissa suggested, ultimately make the problem we have worse. >> now, melissa, i raise the same question president obama, he was on my radio show yesterday, that e.j. addressed, personal, political. let me play for you what the president said he thinks is the reason they are not uniting and trying to protect the country. they are really trying to protect the rich. >> they're basic view is that nothing is important enough to raise taxes on wealthy individuals or corporations. and they would prefer to see these kinds of cuts that could slow down a recovery over closing tax loop holes, and that's the thing that binds their party together at this point. >> now, they must have struck a nerve. because over at fox news, they went wow and they've been playing, interviewing, a
we haven't -- the economy is on the right path but it is not growing fast enough. and the last thing we need to do right now, is to sort of suck some oxygen out of it. yeah, we can talk about long-term deficit reduction. but let's not do it in a way that going to keep us from growing and therefore, as melissa suggested, ultimately make the problem we have worse. >> now, melissa, i raise the same question president obama, he was on my radio show yesterday, that e.j. addressed, personal,...
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nationally, the economy could fall back into recession. yet the contrast between how each party is playing its hand could not be more stark. the president is taking his message of a balanced approach to eight local affiliates from different geographic regions of the country. this comes after his speech tuesday, where he laid out what the sequester cuts will mean to the average american. >> so these cuts are not smart, they are not fair, they will hurt our economy, they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment roles. this is not an abstraction. do you want to protect some special interest loophole? >> in other words, this is deadly serious and the president is arguing his case before the entire nation. so what has speaker boehner been doing for the last 24 hours? well, he did manage to pen an opinion piece for "the wall street journal" presumely between lying on a sun tanning bed. i won't bore you with the details but it says the sequester is ugly and dangerous but it's up to democrats to present a plan that can pass.
nationally, the economy could fall back into recession. yet the contrast between how each party is playing its hand could not be more stark. the president is taking his message of a balanced approach to eight local affiliates from different geographic regions of the country. this comes after his speech tuesday, where he laid out what the sequester cuts will mean to the average american. >> so these cuts are not smart, they are not fair, they will hurt our economy, they will add hundreds...
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in particular, the american economy the last couple of decades due to the competition from elsewhere has increasingly been seeing lousy jobs and lovely jobs. you've got a tiny elite of highly skilled workers who are basically taking all the gains of productivity increase sxdz you have a lot of workers who are basically doing terrible jobs and the middle have been squeezed. that, in addition to tax policy, has been driving this gap, but it's something that policy makers need to think about. >> we have to chip at that. the president in his state of the union proposed a federal minimum wage of $9 an hour. it's not going to pass, obviously, because republicans don't support it, but there are ways to chip at it from a policy standpoint. we can't ignore the policy realm. >> particularly at a time when wages are not keeping pace with inflation, so that also has contributed disparity. there's an interesting piece in usa today about wal-mart pointing out that they actually did very well last year because of tax breaks, but, yet, this year they're freaking out because, why? customers don't hav
in particular, the american economy the last couple of decades due to the competition from elsewhere has increasingly been seeing lousy jobs and lovely jobs. you've got a tiny elite of highly skilled workers who are basically taking all the gains of productivity increase sxdz you have a lot of workers who are basically doing terrible jobs and the middle have been squeezed. that, in addition to tax policy, has been driving this gap, but it's something that policy makers need to think about....
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>> this is absolutely an economic economy. the president and congress -- the president, it seems clear. he wants to act on climate change. there will be a lot of cost benefit analysis that has to be made over the economy. one thing we may see is the president moving forward on epa regulations on coal plants signaling that as this is flexing executive authority and taking action on climate change, but we may see a tradeoff. moving on that and approving the keystone pipeline as well. we will see the president trying really hard to weigh in and taking action on climate change, but trying not to harm the economy in the short-term. >> coral davenport in d.c. thanks. >>> he pulled the trigger on osama bin laden. now two years later, one of the most war decorated hero is facing a future without much help from the military. clump cre . big green brush, curved to crush. 200% more volume. zero clumps. new clump crusher from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so muc
>> this is absolutely an economic economy. the president and congress -- the president, it seems clear. he wants to act on climate change. there will be a lot of cost benefit analysis that has to be made over the economy. one thing we may see is the president moving forward on epa regulations on coal plants signaling that as this is flexing executive authority and taking action on climate change, but we may see a tradeoff. moving on that and approving the keystone pipeline as well. we...
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they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. people will lose their jobs. the unemployment rate might take up again. and that is why democrats, republicans, business leaders, and economists, they have already said that these cuts, known here in washington as sequestraion are a bad idea and not how we should run our government. here is the thing. they don't have to happen. there is a smarter way to do this. to reduce our deficits without harming our economy. but congress has to act. in order to for that to happen. for years, i've offered a balanced approach to deficit reduction that would prevent these harmful cuts. i outlined it again last week at the state of the union. i am willing to cut more spending that we don't need. get rid of programs that aren't working. i've laid out specific reforms to our entitlement programs. they can achieve the same amount of health care savings by the beginning of the next decade as the reforms that were proposed by the
they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. people will lose their jobs. the unemployment rate might take up again. and that is why democrats, republicans, business leaders, and economists, they have already said that these cuts, known here in washington as sequestraion are a bad idea and not how we should run our government. here is the thing. they don't have to happen. there is a smarter way to do this. to reduce our deficits without...
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i start by asking about his concern for the level of debt-ridden economy many. >> i'm very concerned. we are the greatest nation in the world. we have got enormous assets and a lot of good people, yet we have this tremendous difficulty. the money we spend in wars, at least one of which we should not ever have been in. and i am a product of world war ii. i was in the united states marine corps in 1945 and a proud recipient of a gold medal i thought the way to survive was to be well trained, and the way to be retrained was to be a marine. i didn't know anything about the navy s.e.a.l.s or the army rangers. they may not have even had them in that day. i knew about the marine corps and in my up forniform, i lookee a boy scout. one of the smartest things i have ever done. >> you talk about the expense of war, having been in the shoes of somebody serving our country. once you're in it, you've got to spend it. >> oh, i don't disagree with that. the problem is, in some instances we shouldn't have been. colin powell made that statement of weapons of mass destruction, which was inaccurate. not
i start by asking about his concern for the level of debt-ridden economy many. >> i'm very concerned. we are the greatest nation in the world. we have got enormous assets and a lot of good people, yet we have this tremendous difficulty. the money we spend in wars, at least one of which we should not ever have been in. and i am a product of world war ii. i was in the united states marine corps in 1945 and a proud recipient of a gold medal i thought the way to survive was to be well...
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. >> reporter: from guns to the economy, the people are behind the president, and new polling proves it. i'll ask the big congressional panel tonight how these numbers impact their fight for progress. >>> first jan brewer. then jon kasich. now rick scott is embracing obama's socialist vision for america. i'll tell you why the florida governor's flip on obama care shouldn't come as a big surprise. >>> plus, the great dan rather on the right-wing media infecting the political process. >>> shades of the o.j. trial after another blade runner bombshell. >>> a florida college names its stadium after a private prison. i'll tell you why that's an awful idea. >>> and fat cats beware. there's a brand new push to go after capital gains taxes. >> i don't know how much longer i'm going to do this. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. most people who pick up a newspaper in this country go to the "usa today." it is still the most highly circulated paper in the country. this is what folks who picked up the "usa today" saw this morning. a front-page graphic of president o
. >> reporter: from guns to the economy, the people are behind the president, and new polling proves it. i'll ask the big congressional panel tonight how these numbers impact their fight for progress. >>> first jan brewer. then jon kasich. now rick scott is embracing obama's socialist vision for america. i'll tell you why the florida governor's flip on obama care shouldn't come as a big surprise. >>> plus, the great dan rather on the right-wing media infecting the...
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economy, big part of the michigan economy, the ohio economy, midwest economy, and they learned to diversify during the crisis. so they are just getting back started. they're just getting back to health. what are we going to do now? we'll yank the carpet out from under them. >> fema, too. if we're looking at these cuts on the state level and we have sandy and we have all of these things happening when a state gets hit, then what? >> it's interesting, this language of the economy just starting to heal, just coming back together, just coming -- just recovering after a disaster. it does feel like here we have a patient who we've nurtured back to sort of minimal health but instead of kind of continuing to nurture that, providing more medication, we're like well, good luck with that, i'm taking your walker and meds. >> before they got cancer, they had a weight problem. now we have taken care of the tumor and now we will staple their stomach, threaten to chop their tongue off if they don't agree to go on some crazy fad diet. this is insane. we don't have a fiscal crisis. we have a political crisis
economy, big part of the michigan economy, the ohio economy, midwest economy, and they learned to diversify during the crisis. so they are just getting back started. they're just getting back to health. what are we going to do now? we'll yank the carpet out from under them. >> fema, too. if we're looking at these cuts on the state level and we have sandy and we have all of these things happening when a state gets hit, then what? >> it's interesting, this language of the economy just...
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they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment roles. this is not an exaggeration. they will lose jobs. >> as the white house warns the sequester blame game has started. live with us secretary of transportation ray lahood who sounded a pretty loud alarm bell on friday. mr. secretary, good morning. good to have you here. >> good morning. >> you talked friday about a calamity in our air service system in america, a billion dollars in cuts that have to be made at the department of transportation, $600 million from the faa, 47,000 faa employees will need to be furloughed at least one day per pay period. is it still going to be safe for the american public to fly if this sequester goes forward. >> one thing we never compromise on is safety. we will never take a back seat to safety. safety will not be compromised. but we will have work with the airlines in slowing planes down. but there will be enough controllers to make sure planes are guided in and out of airports sa
they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment roles. this is not an exaggeration. they will lose jobs. >> as the white house warns the sequester blame game has started. live with us secretary of transportation ray lahood who sounded a pretty loud alarm bell on friday. mr. secretary, good morning. good to have you here. >> good morning. >> you talked friday about a calamity in our air service system in america, a billion...
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it will be horrible for the economy. it will impact a lot of people. just outside my district but certainly affecting my district is fort knox, 5,000 civilian employees of the u.s. army. there will be substantial furloughs and possibly layoffs there if the sequester were in effect for any length of time. so we've got a few days to act. i think we could actually come up with something that just delays the sequester until march 27th. then we would have four weeks in session. we'll all be back for four consecutive weeks to figure out how to fund the government for the rest of the year. because it's -- none of it's going to make any difference after march 27th because the government runs out of money then. >> all right. so you're saying push it off just a little bit further after you get back into a legislative session but as we look at what john boehner has responded by putting out a couple tweets this morning roughly right before we went on the air, talking about where the president has been saying president obama is virtually absent from legislative pro
it will be horrible for the economy. it will impact a lot of people. just outside my district but certainly affecting my district is fort knox, 5,000 civilian employees of the u.s. army. there will be substantial furloughs and possibly layoffs there if the sequester were in effect for any length of time. so we've got a few days to act. i think we could actually come up with something that just delays the sequester until march 27th. then we would have four weeks in session. we'll all be back for...
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he's right, he has limited time to act, but the most immediate priority i think is the economy. they're still struggling to keep a job or find a job. i think that is his top priority far and away, but he'll have to pursue other things at the same time. the good news is that is happening and i think it's happening successfully. we see is the congress coming together on immigration like it never has in my memory. we also see great progress i think on the gun issue with mushrooming of support for universal background checks. the good news is we'll be able to tackle many issues at the same time, but the president does have to prioritize the economy and that's what he's been doing. >> joe biden has been his point man. he'll be in connecticut today, pushing some gun legislation, but realistically, looking at the way congress has been and the dearth of pleasurements they've had in any significant way, do you really think that they can deal with with the sequester and gun control legislation passed as well at the same time? >> well, it's a heavy challenge. just the sequester, frankly, i
he's right, he has limited time to act, but the most immediate priority i think is the economy. they're still struggling to keep a job or find a job. i think that is his top priority far and away, but he'll have to pursue other things at the same time. the good news is that is happening and i think it's happening successfully. we see is the congress coming together on immigration like it never has in my memory. we also see great progress i think on the gun issue with mushrooming of support for...
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they'll hurt our economy. they'll raise the unemployment rate, and the reason is because congress has not been able to compromise on a deficit reduction package that's more sensible. >> joining me now michelle ber in order, democratic strategyist, patty doyle, and my nbc colleague at the white house, kristen walker. welcome all. kristen, i want to put up the map of, we'll show you everybody where the president spoke yesterday in these local interviews, from boston. there was definitely a pattern here, honolulu, big military town. they clearly believe this p.r. strategy's going to work even because they say it worked the last time, right? >> right. that is the strategy, to put public pressure on congress to get something done, but at this point in time, it doesn't seem like it's working. right, not scheduling meetings, haven't had any read-outs of any meetings, trying to get a sense of if that's going to come. doesn't seem like the president's going to be picking up the phone at this point in time. it does seem
they'll hurt our economy. they'll raise the unemployment rate, and the reason is because congress has not been able to compromise on a deficit reduction package that's more sensible. >> joining me now michelle ber in order, democratic strategyist, patty doyle, and my nbc colleague at the white house, kristen walker. welcome all. kristen, i want to put up the map of, we'll show you everybody where the president spoke yesterday in these local interviews, from boston. there was definitely a...
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i think it's hurting the economy. your thoughts. >> absolutely hurting the economy. what people want in business and family life is some stability. they want the ability to plan. they want to know what are my taxes going to be. they want to know, you know, am i going to have a job. am i going to be laid off. and all they want is some solidity to plan with. when we go through these crises, it's incredibly destructive. >> do you think the right wing people know when they're sitting in their chairs voting no, no, no, bringing one manufactured crisis to bear after another that they're just happy when they pick up the paper and say public confidence going down. that's good for our party. >> we know that grover norquist starving the beast of resources. now they're starving the beast of credibility. they're starving the beast of the federal government with any public confidence that it can actually solve problems. this is part of the destruction of our federal government. they would be delighted if people lost confidence in the government and if they could further tear it d
i think it's hurting the economy. your thoughts. >> absolutely hurting the economy. what people want in business and family life is some stability. they want the ability to plan. they want to know what are my taxes going to be. they want to know, you know, am i going to have a job. am i going to be laid off. and all they want is some solidity to plan with. when we go through these crises, it's incredibly destructive. >> do you think the right wing people know when they're sitting in...
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the economy is growing. the president has indicated we have an opportunity for innovation and growth. and i believe that that is our pathway forward. if the speaker does not want to come back to the table of compromise and address how we can both bring down the debt and grow the economy, then all we're going to be facing is a recession. >> sure. >> and that seems to be what their direction is, that they're willing to slash and burn as opposed to finding the right pathway of securing revenue which we have attempted to do and balance and bring down the deficit. and they won't do anything with revenue. nothing at all. >> john garamendi, where's the sense of urgency here? what are you doing on vacation? >> well, we've been told not to be in congress. speaker boehner controls the agenda, controls the calendar for the house of representatives and he sent us home. democrats, i think all of us today voted not to go home, but rather to stay and work next week. and he said no. >> all right. president obama was in chic
the economy is growing. the president has indicated we have an opportunity for innovation and growth. and i believe that that is our pathway forward. if the speaker does not want to come back to the table of compromise and address how we can both bring down the debt and grow the economy, then all we're going to be facing is a recession. >> sure. >> and that seems to be what their direction is, that they're willing to slash and burn as opposed to finding the right pathway of securing...
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they invest in the economy. they pay taxes. we talk about them as if they're this group of people who come down from another planet every once in a while and spend time. i like the business community for a singular reason. they employ people. they're small business people. they're big business people. there are those that do things we don't like, and there many, many we do things that we do like. it's calculated on the part of what andrew said, to andrew's point that the sequester will probably take effect, and they're counting on between march 1st and march 27th the pain that we all anticipate being so great that it will force congress to do their job. i don't blame the business community for factoring in, trying to protect and trying to insure that they can do business going forward. the markets suggest that they have adjusted in many ways. do i detest them for doing that? by no means. what i'm most upset with is washington. if you are a pedestrian watching, this is the same conversation that took place on election day to dec
they invest in the economy. they pay taxes. we talk about them as if they're this group of people who come down from another planet every once in a while and spend time. i like the business community for a singular reason. they employ people. they're small business people. they're big business people. there are those that do things we don't like, and there many, many we do things that we do like. it's calculated on the part of what andrew said, to andrew's point that the sequester will probably...
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what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs
what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs
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it's hanging over the economy. and you say like the airplane we are flying is going down and we're taking a break to watch the in-flight movie. so what are you talking about? is this sort of a lack of urgency from both sides? because there's no incentive for democrats nor republicans to cut a deal here? >> i am not saying that at all, alex. i'm saying that the house leadership on the republican side, which controls the schedule, controls the calendar, they have every power to bring us back to d.c., to go back to our desks on the floor of the house and work out the problem. with ten days to go before the ridiculous sequester takes place, we don't get called back to washington. instead, we have what we call a district work week scheduled. in other words, people are working on things other than averting this sequester. i think it's ridiculous. i think that even to see the republican house leadership working hardest on blaming president obama for the sequester is foolish. what we have is speaker boehner making posters
it's hanging over the economy. and you say like the airplane we are flying is going down and we're taking a break to watch the in-flight movie. so what are you talking about? is this sort of a lack of urgency from both sides? because there's no incentive for democrats nor republicans to cut a deal here? >> i am not saying that at all, alex. i'm saying that the house leadership on the republican side, which controls the schedule, controls the calendar, they have every power to bring us...
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places like presidio and del rio and eagle pass, small towns on the border, you are helping the local economy and buying at stores and contributing and paying taxes so it is not necessarily a bad thing, but i think that people are a little tired of tying immigration to border security in many places. >> so let me just ask you more specifically because the republican criticism is the president hasn't done enough. the white house suggestion is that they in fact have done more for border security than has been done before and we know about the numbers of deportations. has the white house done enough? >> i think the white house has done quite a bit and frankly in today's political environment the truth is you always have to find something to complain about, something to throw rocks at, and border security just happens to be it for the time being or the conversation about the white house's essential a statement of principles, so i think in the current environment something is going to get done. you can tell by all the activity. you can tell by the fact that tempers are high right now and all of th
places like presidio and del rio and eagle pass, small towns on the border, you are helping the local economy and buying at stores and contributing and paying taxes so it is not necessarily a bad thing, but i think that people are a little tired of tying immigration to border security in many places. >> so let me just ask you more specifically because the republican criticism is the president hasn't done enough. the white house suggestion is that they in fact have done more for border...